Environmental remediation and application of nanoscale zero-valent iron and its composites for the removal of heavy metal ions: a review

Y Zou, X Wang, A Khan, P Wang, Y Liu… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
The presence of heavy metals in the industrial effluents has recently been a challenging
issue for human health. Efficient removal of heavy metal ions from environment is one of the …

Engineered nanomaterials for water treatment and remediation: Costs, benefits, and applicability

AS Adeleye, JR Conway, K Garner, Y Huang… - Chemical engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The application of nanotechnology in drinking water treatment and pollution cleanup is
promising, as demonstrated by a number of field-based (pilot and full scale) and bench …

Nanoscale zero-valent iron: future prospects for an emerging water treatment technology

RA Crane, TB Scott - Journal of hazardous materials, 2012 - Elsevier
For the past 15 years, nanoscale metallic iron (nZVI) has been investigated as a new tool for
the treatment of contaminated water and soil. The technology has reached commercial …

Effective enhancement of piezocatalytic activity of BaTiO3 nanowires under ultrasonic vibration

J Wu, N Qin, D Bao - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Piezocatalysis is a catalytic effect driven by the stress-induced electricity of piezoelectric
crystallites. In this study, piezoelectric BaTiO 3 nanowires and nanoparticles were …

Nano-zerovalent manganese/biochar composite for the adsorptive and oxidative removal of Congo-red dye from aqueous solutions

J Iqbal, NS Shah, M Sayed, NK Niazi, M Imran… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Congo-red (CR), a precursor of textile products and a contaminant of great concern,
has contaminated aquatic environments. Here, we explored the synthesis of mesoporous …

Nanomaterials-enabled water and wastewater treatment

Y Zhang, B Wu, H Xu, H Liu, M Wang, Y He, B Pan - NanoImpact, 2016 - Elsevier
With the fast development of nanomaterials and nanotechnology, environmental
nanotechnology has attracted increasing concerns in the past decades. In the field of water …

Advances in surface passivation of nanoscale zerovalent iron: a critical review

S Bae, RN Collins, TD Waite… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nanoscale zerovalent iron (NZVI) is one of the most extensively studied nanomaterials in the
fields of wastewater treatment and remediation of soil and groundwater. However, rapid …

Advances in sulfidation of zerovalent iron for water decontamination

J Li, X Zhang, Y Sun, L Liang, B Pan… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Sulfidation has gained increasing interest in recent years for improving the sequestration of
contaminants by zerovalent iron (ZVI). In view of the bright prospects of the sulfidated ZVI (S …

Textile dye degradation using nano zero valent iron: a review

CD Raman, S Kanmani - Journal of Environmental Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Water soluble unfixed dyes and inorganic salts are the major pollutants in textile dyeing
industry wastewater. Existing treatment methods fail to degrade textile dyes and have …

Clay-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composite materials for the remediation of contaminated aqueous solutions: a review

N Ezzatahmadi, GA Ayoko, GJ Millar, R Speight… - Chemical engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent industrialization and urbanization have increased the aqueous concentrations of a
wide range of contaminants, which are toxic to human health and the environment …